by T&FN Staff & Contributors
T&FN apologizes for the delay in posting these predictions. Unforeseen staffing circumstances and some technical difficulties as we adjusted knocked us temporarily off stride.
| 100 METERS | |
| 1. | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) |
| 2. | Tori Bowie (US) |
| 3. | Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) |
| 4. | English Gardner (US) |
| 5. | Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) |
| 6. | Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| 7. | Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) |
| 8. | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jam) |
| 9. | Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) |
| 10. | Jasmine Todd (US) |
| 200 METERS | |
| 1. | Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) |
| 2. | Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) |
| 3. | Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) |
| 4. | Jenna Prandini (US) |
| 5. | Candyce McGrone (US) |
| 6. | Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) |
| 7. | Jeneba Tarmoh (US) |
| 8. | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) |
| 9. | Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) |
| 10. | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jam) |
| 400 METERS | |
| 1. | Allyson Felix (US) |
| 2. | Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jam) |
| 3. | Natasha Hastings (US) |
| 4. | Christine Ohuruogu (G Britain) |
| 5. | Christine Day (Jamaica) |
| 6. | Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) |
| 7. | Shaunae Miller (Bahamas) |
| 8. | Floria Guei (France) |
| 9. | Libania Grenot (Italy) |
| 10. | Phyllis Francis (US) |
| 800 METERS | |
| 1. | Eunice Sum (Kenya) |
| 2. | Rose M. Almanza (Cuba) |
| 3. | Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) |
| 4. | Alysia Montaño (US) |
| 5. | Selina Büchel (Switzerland) |
| 6. | Melissa Bishop (Canada) |
| 7. | Renelle Lamote (France) |
| 8. | Fabienne Kohlmann (Germany) |
| 9. | Molly Ludlow (US) |
| 10. | Caster Semenya (South Africa) |
| 1500 METERS | |
| 1. | Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
| 2. | Sifan Hassan (Holland) |
| 3. | Jenny Simpson (US) |
| 4. | Shannon Rowbury (US) |
| 5. | Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) |
| 6. | Abeba Aregawi (Sweden) |
| 7. | Laura Muir (Great Britain) |
| 8. | Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia) |
| 9. | Maureen Koster (Holland) |
| 10. | Anna Shchagina (Russia) |
| STEEPLE | |
| 1. | Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) |
| 2. | Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) |
| 3. | Hiwot Alayew (Ethiopia) |
| 4. | Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) |
| 5. | Emma Coburn (US) |
| 6. | Gesa Krause (Germany) |
| 7. | Salima El Ouali Alami (Morocco) |
| 8. | Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) |
| 9. | Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) |
| 10. | Madeline Heiner (Australia) |
| 5000 METERS | |
| 1. | Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
| 2. | Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) |
| 3. | Mercy Cherono (Kenya) |
| 4. | Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) |
| 5. | Senbera Teferi (Ethiopia) |
| 6. | Irene Cheptai (Kenya) |
| 7. | Steph Twell (Great Britain) |
| 8. | Janet Kisa (Kenya) |
| 9. | Mimi Belete (Bahrain) |
| 10. | Nicole Tully (US) |
| 10,000 METERS | |
| 1. | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) |
| 2. | Sally Kipyego (Kenya) |
| 3. | Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) |
| 4. | Alemitu Haroye (Ethiopia) |
| 5. | Molly Huddle (US) |
| 6. | Shalane Flanagan (US) |
| 7. | Belaynesh Oljira (Ethiopia) |
| 8. | Betsy Saina (Kenya) |
| 9. | Emily Infeld (US) |
| 10. | Sara Moreira (Portugal) |
| 100 HURDLES | |
| 1. | Dawn Harper Nelson (US) |
| 2. | Sharika Nelvis (US) |
| 3. | Keni Harrison (US) |
| 4. | Tiffany Porter (Great Britain) |
| 5. | Brianna Rollins (US) |
| 6. | Cindy Billaud (France) |
| 7. | Alina Talay (Belarus) |
| 8. | Cindy Ofili (Great Britain) |
| 9. | Danielle Williams (Jamaica) |
| 10. | Noemi Zbären (Switzerland) |
| 400 HURDLES | |
| 1. | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Rep) |
| 2. | Shamier Little (US) |
| 3. | Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) |
| 4. | Cassandra Tate (US) |
| 5. | Eilidh Child (Great Britain) |
| 6. | Sara Petersen (Denmark) |
| 7. | Wenda Nel (South Africa) |
| 8. | Yadisleidy Pedroso (Italy) |
| 9. | Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) |
| 10. | Denisa Rosolová (Czech Rep) |
| MARATHON | |
| 1. | Tigist Tufa (Ethiopia) |
| 2. | Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
| 3. | Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) |
| 4. | Tirfe Tsegaye (Ethiopia) |
| 5. | Jemima Jelagat (Kenya) |
| 6. | Sairi Maeda (Japan) |
| 7. | Eunice Jepkirui (Bahrain) |
| 8. | Helah Kiprop (Kenya) |
| 9. | Mai Ito (Japan) |
| 10. | Visiline Jepkesho (Kenya) |
| 20K WALK | |
| 1. | Hong Liu (China) |
| 2. | Eleonora Giorgi (Italy) |
| 3. | Anežka Drahotová (Czech Rep) |
| 4. | Lyudmyla Olyanovska (Ukraine) |
| 5. | Shenjie Qieyang (China) |
| 6. | Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) |
| 7. | Erica DeSena (Brazil) |
| 8. | Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) |
| 9. | Laura García-Caro (Spain) |
| 10. | Raquel Gonzalez (Spain) |
| 4 x 100 RELAY | |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Jamaica |
| 3. | Great Britain |
| 4. | Trinidad |
| 5. | Ukraine |
| 6. | Holland |
| 7. | France |
| 8. | Nigeria |
| 9. | Canada |
| 10. | Brazil |
| 4 x 400 RELAY | |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Jamaica |
| 3. | France |
| 4. | Great Britain |
| 5. | Nigeria |
| 6. | Russia |
| 7. | Poland |
| 8. | Canada |
| 9. | Ukraine |
| 10. | Italy |
| HIGH JUMP | |
| 1. | Anna Chicherova (Russia) |
| 2. | Mariya Kuchina (Russia) |
| 3. | Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) |
| 4. | Ruth Beitia (Spain) |
| 5. | Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) |
| 6. | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Ger) |
| 7. | Erika Kinsey (Sweden) |
| 8. | Levern Spencer (Saint Lucia) |
| 9. | Isobel Pooley (Great Britain) |
| 10. | Jeannelle Scheper (Saint Lucia) |
| POLE VAULT | |
| 1. | Yarisley Silva (Cuba) |
| 2. | Jenn Suhr (US) |
| 3. | Fabiana Murer (Brazil) |
| 4. | Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) |
| 5. | Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) |
| 6. | Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) |
| 7. | Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) |
| 8. | Sandi Morris (US) |
| 9. | Jiřina Ptáčníková (Czech Rep) |
| 10. | Demi Payne (US) |
| LONG JUMP | |
| 1. | Tianna Bartoletta (US) |
| 2. | Brittney Reese (US) |
| 3. | Darya Klishina (Russia) |
| 4. | Christabel Nettey (Canada) |
| 5. | Shara Proctor (Great Britain) |
| 6. | Ivana Španović (Serbia) |
| 7. | Volha Sudareva (Belarus) |
| 8. | Sosthene Moguenara (Germany) |
| 9. | Lorraine Ugen (Great Briain) |
| 10. | Lene Malkus (Germany) |
| TRIPLE JUMP | |
| 1. | Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) |
| 2. | Yekaterina Koneva (Russia) |
| 3. | Gabriela Petrova (Bulgaria) |
| 4. | Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) |
| 5. | Hanna Minenko (Israel) |
| 6. | Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) |
| 7. | Kim Williams (Jamaica) |
| 8. | Susana Costa (Portugal) |
| 9. | Kristin Gierisch (Germany) |
| 10. | Patricia Mamona (Portugal) |
| SHOT | |
| 1. | Christina Schwanitz (Germany) |
| 2. | Lijiao Gong (China) |
| 3. | Michelle Carter (US) |
| 4. | Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) |
| 5. | Anita Márton (Hungary) |
| 6. | Tia Brooks (US) |
| 7. | Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) |
| 8. | Yulia Leantsiuk (Belarus) |
| 9. | Yang Gao (China) |
| 10. | Jeneva Stevens (US) |
| DISCUS | |
| 1. | Sandra Perković (Croatia) |
| 2. | Denia Caballero (Cuba) |
| 3. | Yaimí Pérez (Cuba) |
| 4. | Dani Samuels (Australia) |
| 5. | Melina Robert-Michon (France) |
| 6. | Julia Fischer (Germany) |
| 7. | Nadine Müller (Germany) |
| 8. | Gia Lewis-Smallwood (US) |
| 9. | Shanice Craft (Germany) |
| 10. | Xinyue Su (China) |
| HAMMER | |
| 1. | Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) |
| 2. | Betty Heidler (Germany) |
| 3. | Zheng Wang (China) |
| 4. | Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) |
| 5. | Alexandra Tavernier (France) |
| 6. | Sultana Frizell (Canada) |
| 7. | Aksana Miankova (Belarus) |
| 8. | Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) |
| 9. | Kathrin Klaas (German) |
| 10. | Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) |
| JAVELIN | |
| 1. | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Rep) |
| 2. | Katharina Molitor (Germany) |
| 3. | Christina Obergföll (Germany) |
| 4. | Kim Mickle (Australia) |
| 5. | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) |
| 6. | Kara Winger (US) |
| 7. | Linda Stahl (Germany) |
| 8. | Madara Palameika (Latvia) |
| 9. | Liz Gleadle (Canada) |
| 10. | Huihui Lu (China) |
| HEPTATHLON | |
| 1. | Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) |
| 2. | Jessica Ennis-Hill (Gr Britain) |
| 3. | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB) |
| 4. | Carolin Schäffer (Germany) |
| 5. | Nadine Broersen (Netherlands) |
| 6. | Sharon Day-Monroe (US) |
| 7. | Barbara Nwaba (US) |
| 8. | Claudia Rath (Germany) |
| 9. | Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (Latvia) |
| 10. | Nadine Visser (Netherlands) |